Miller's Crossing
Miller's Crossing is a 1990 American neo-noir gangster film written, directed and produced by Joel and Ethan Coen, and starring Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Jon Polito, J. E. Freeman, and Albert Finney. The plot concerns a power struggle between two rival gangs and how the protagonist, Tom Reagan (Byrne), plays both sides against each other.
Plot
The year is 1929, Tom Reagan is the right-hand man for Irish mobster Leo O'Bannon, a political boss who runs an unnamed U.S. city during Prohibition. Leo sets off a mob war when he extends protection to his girlfriend Verna's brother, a bookie named Bernie Bernbaum, who is skimming off the match fixing scheme of Leo's rival, the Italian gangster Johnny Caspar. The situation is further complicated by the fact that behind Leo's back, Verna is also sleeping with Tom.
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| author | Ethan Coen Joel Coen |
|---|---|
| award | National Board of Review: Top Ten Films |
| director | Ethan Coen Joel Coen |
| editor | Michael R. Miller |
| events | organized crime Prohibition in the United States |
| genre | crime drama |
| keywords | assassination attempt betray engineer hide id irish mob italian-american mafia italian gangster kill learn match fixing meet political boss prohibition shoot sleep |
| musicBy | Carter Burwell |
| producer | Ethan Coen |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| recordedAt | New Orleans |
| theme | gangster mafia neo-noir |